- Manny Tapia
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Manny Tapia Born March 14, 1981
Riverside, California, United StatesOther names The Mangler Nationality American Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Weight 135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st) Division Bantamweight Reach 67 in (170 cm) Style Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Wrestling Fighting out of Chino, California Team Millennia MMA Mixed martial arts record Total 16 Wins 11 By knockout 4 By submission 2 By decision 5 Losses 4 By knockout 2 By decision 2 Draws 1 Other information Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog Manny Tapia (born March 14, 1981) is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter from Chino, California who trains out of Millennia MMA in Rancho Cucamonga, California [1]
He is currently fighting for Palace Fighting Championship after being released by the WEC.[2] Tapia has a superb ground game and, as evidenced by his fight Antonio Banuelos, a training partner of long-time UFC champion Chuck Liddell, has recently improved his striking greatly.
At WEC 37, Tapia suffered a second-round TKO loss in a title fight with the WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres and lost via unanimous decision loss to Akitoshi Tamura at WEC 40. He most recently fought Eddie Wineland on October 10, 2009 on the undercard at WEC 43,[3] losing via unanimous decision.
He was let go from WEC after this loss and it was announced on November 17, 2009 that he has signed with Tachi Palace Fights and will debut on their February 4 event in Lemoore, California.
Mixed martial arts record
Professional record breakdown 15 matches 11 wins 4 losses By knockout 4 2 By submission 2 0 By decision 5 2 Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes Loss 10-4-1 
Michael McDonaldTKO (Punches) Tachi Palace Fights 3 2/4/2010 1 4:31 Lemoore, California, USA Loss 10-3-1 Eddie WinelandDecision (Unanimous) WEC 43 10/10/2009 3 5:00 San Antonio, Texas, USA Loss 10-2-1 
Akitoshi TamuraDecision (Unanimous) WEC 40 4/5/2009 3 5:00 Chicago, Illinois, USA Loss 10-1-1 Miguel TorresTKO (Punches and Elbows) WEC 37 12/8/2008 2 3:02 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA For WEC Bantamweight Championship Win 10-0-1 Antonio BanuelosDecision (Split) WEC 32 Albuquerque 02/13/2008 3 5:00 Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Win 9-0-1 Brandon FoxworthTKO (Strikes) WEC 27 05/12/2007 2 3:17 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Win 8-0-1 Richard MontanoTKO King of the Cage: Destroyer 12/1/2006 3 3:24 San Jacincto, California, USA Win 7-0-1 Shad SmithDecision King of the Cage: Rapid Fire 08/4/2006 2 5:00 San Jacincto, California, USA Win 6-0-1 Ed NewaluDecision (unanimous) King of the Cage: Final Conflict 12/2/2005 3 5:00 San Jacincto, California, USA Win 5-0-1 Gregory VivianSubmission (Arm Triangle Choke) King of the Cage Prime Time 08/5/2005 1 4:25 San Jacincto, California, USA Won KOTC Flyweight (135 lb) Championship Win 4-0-1 Richard GoodmanTKO (Punches) King of the Cage Mortal Sins 5/7/2005 2 2:07 Primm, Nevada, USA Win 3-0-1 Ed NewaluDecision (unanimous) King of the Cage San Jacinto 09/24/2004 2 5:00 San Jacincto, California, USA Win 2-0-1 Michael WeltyKO (Punch) King of the Cage 36 Unfinished Business 06/12/2004 1 0:07 San Jacincto, California, USA Draw 1-0-1 Chad WashburnDraw King of the Cage 33 After Shock 02/20/2004 2 5:00 San Jacincto, California, USA Win 1-0 Manuel SawyzeSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) King of the Cage 31 12/6/2003 1 2:07 San Jacincto, California, USA References
- ^ MMA Statistics
- ^ "Tachi Palace Fights signs Nam Phan and Manny Tapia for February debuts". mmajunkie.com. 2009-11-12. http://mmajunkie.com/news/16877/tachi-palace-fights-signs-nam-phan-and-manny-tapia-for-february-debuts.mma/.
- ^ "WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson on October 10 in San Antonio, Texas". MMAFrenzy.com. 2009-01-02. http://mmafrenzy.com/11420/wec-43-cerrone-vs-henderson-on-october-10-in-san-antonio-texas/. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
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Categories:- Living people
- American mixed martial artists
- American mixed martial artists of Mexican descent
- Bantamweight mixed martial artists
- 1981 births
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